Naifar Manel, Ducatez Franklin, Guidara Wassim, Maalej Manel, Lesueur Celine, Pilon Carine, Plichet Thomas, Maalej Mohamed, Ayadi Fatma, Bekri Soumeya
Biochemistry Laboratory "Molecular Basis of Human Diseases", LR19ES13, Sfax Medicine College, University of Sfax, Sfax 3029, Tunisia.
UNIROUEN, AIMS, CHU Rouen, Reference Center for Lysosomal Diseases, Filière Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme (G2M), Department of Metabolic Biochemistry, Normandie University, F-76000 Rouen, France.
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jun 28;26(13):6260. doi: 10.3390/ijms26136260.
Psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BD), and schizoaffective disorder (SAD), present significant diagnostic challenges. Current diagnostic methods rely on clinical observation and self-reported symptoms, leading to under-diagnosis and delayed treatment. To address this gap, we applied mass spectrometry-based metabolomic profiling and targeted analysis of inflammatory proteins to plasma samples from patients versus controls, aiming to uncover disease-related molecular patterns and enhance our understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of these complex disorders. This study included 26 patients with BD, 34 with SCZ, 16 with SAD, and age- and sex-matched controls. All diagnoses were established according to DSM-5 criteria. Unsupervised analysis shows a clear separation between controls and patients, indicating distinct metabolic and inflammatory profiles. However, the lack of clear differentiation among the three disease subgroups suggests shared biological profiles across these psychiatric disorders. Biomolecules driving this separation between controls and patients includes decreased levels of proinflammatory cytokines, amino acids, and glycerophospholipids, and increased levels of acylcarnitines. This study represents a step towards addressing the limitations of current diagnostic approaches to severe psychiatric disorders, which rely heavily on clinical symptoms, by using omics approaches to refine their diagnosis and treatment.
精神疾病,尤其是精神分裂症(SCZ)、双相情感障碍(BD)和分裂情感性障碍(SAD),带来了重大的诊断挑战。当前的诊断方法依赖于临床观察和自我报告的症状,导致诊断不足和治疗延迟。为了填补这一空白,我们对患者与对照的血浆样本应用了基于质谱的代谢组学分析和炎症蛋白靶向分析,旨在揭示与疾病相关的分子模式,并加深我们对这些复杂疾病潜在病理生理学的理解。本研究纳入了26例双相情感障碍患者、34例精神分裂症患者、16例分裂情感性障碍患者以及年龄和性别匹配的对照。所有诊断均根据《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第五版(DSM-5)标准确定。无监督分析显示对照与患者之间有明显区分,表明存在不同的代谢和炎症特征。然而,三个疾病亚组之间缺乏明确区分,这表明这些精神疾病具有共同的生物学特征。导致对照与患者之间出现这种区分的生物分子包括促炎细胞因子、氨基酸和甘油磷脂水平降低,以及酰基肉碱水平升高。本研究朝着解决当前严重精神疾病诊断方法的局限性迈出了一步,这些诊断方法严重依赖临床症状,通过使用组学方法来优化其诊断和治疗。
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